Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “forbears” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
forbears	13	3	707	(None)
forbear	12	3	752	1	forbear_
forebears	14	4	641	1	forebears
forbare	12	23	1051	2	forb_are
forbearer	14	4	451	2	forbearer
forbearers	15	4	367	2	forbearers
forcers	12	42	1571	2	force_rs
forearm	12	3	870	2	for_earm
forearms	13	3	660	2	for_earms
forebays	16	3	726	2	forebays
forebear	13	4	638	2	forebear_
forgers	11	52	1818	2	forge_rs
forkers	14	46	1578	2	forke_rs
formers	12	82	1795	2	forme_rs
forswears	15	4	324	2	forswears

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.686	48478.3